Many people claim they lost weight on the blood type diet, but look more closely, regardless of your type. Eat lean meats, fresh fruits and vegetables, Essene bread instead of commecially prepared white or wheat, and stay away from sweets and processed foods. Common sense. I have relatives who were blood type A that died in their 80's and a few in their 90's, and some of them were smokers. Sorry, but I don't buy into the "fact" that type A's are guaranteed to die before 70 years of age unless they take extra special care of themselves. However, I do agree that A types are more prone to stress and anxiety than type O's and that A types have low stomach acid, since I'm type A and never took antacids a day in my life and I know numerous O's who munch on them like candy.

I read this book and it caused me more anxiety than it helped me. I am a type A and very negative things are said about the A bloodtype. Like one other reviewer said, this is like a doomsday book. No way will I ever read this type of book again! I think that the author should have been a little more sensitive.

Being a type "A" bloodtype, I found this book to be very dooms day for type "A". As a matter of fact, I do not beleive that this book had anything positive to say about type "A". Furthermore, my husband is a type "O" and we have a great relationship. This book neglects to point out that the oriential population is in fact the highest population of type "A"s in the world and happen to have a greater life span. Moreover, the research subjects for type "A"s over type "O"s leave a lot to be desired. Notice how most of the "A" subjects were heavy drinkers and smokers as opposed to the "O" subjects who died of "natural causes." Also, make note that there were a total of 5,000 people in their test group which is questionable in a world where the population grows by at least ten times that on a daily basis. Overall, I do plan on changing my eating habits but feel that the authors could have been more sensitive to "A" bloodtypes. I'm sure they were probably type "O"s.

These guys have analyzed a unique data set of mortality tables segmented by different blood type. Their conclusion supported by the facts are that each bloodtype is associated with very specific vulnerabilities to various health condition. As a result, survival rates at different age are very different. Their analysis extends to nutrition, sexual temperament, and other individual characteristics associated with bloodtype. This is most interesting stuff.